Service establishment and customer&#39;s waiting-room therefor



B. W. KLEIN.

SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT AND CUSTOMERS WAITING ROOM THEREFOR. APPLICATION FILED *DEC* 6. I9I9.

1,399,890. Patented Dee. 6,1921.

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SERVICE BTABLISHIENT LND CUBTOIEBS WAITING-300x THIBEFOB.

To all wlwm t may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN W. KLEIN,

a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a residentv of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Service-Establishments and ustomers Waiting- Rooms Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in service establishments and customers waiting rooms therefor, and particularly in shoe repair shops. An object of the invention is to provide a shop of this character in which customers may have privacy while changing their shoes, and may wait comfortably and with their unshod -feet hidden from view while they wait for their .shoes to be repaired, and also with which der the operation of the shop efficient, timel and labor Savin and with the greatest comfort, accommo ation and convenience for the customers.

To this end I propose to provide in the shop, preferabl 1n a portion thereof partitioned from t e workroom, a plurality of individual booths, each having a seat therein and of such height as to inclose the lower parts of the body when the customer is seated, while at the same time exposing the upper parte of the body so'that he is free to look about the shop and will not therefore become disinterested or wearied as he otherwise would if his whole person were inclosed, while at the same time the booth aiords sufficient privacy for the feet and' limbs so that the customer is relieved from anyembarrassment in removing and replacing his oes.

With these and other objects in view, an embodiment of my invention is shown in the aceompan drawings, and this embodiment w' be' hereinafter more fully described with reference thereto, and the inpeciioation of Letten Patent.

applicaties ma nmmber s, 1919. semi njmpss.

Patented Dec. 6, 1921.

Referring to the drawings, the embodi-l ment of my invention shown therein, compr1se s a room divided longitudinally by a partltlon 10 the front wall of the room having preferably a show window l1 therein and an entrance door 12, the workroom portion` of the Shop at one side of the partition belng at the show window side so that ersons upon the street may look into the s opl and see the same in operation. This proves to be a considerable attraction from an advertising standpoint. The partition may -extend entirely to the door, or adjacent the door there may be a railing V13 as shown, separating the shop from the customers waiting room. Preferably, however, the arrangement is such that the customer will not of his own initiative come into contact withl or enter into conversation with the workmen, and to this end the partition preferably extends the full length of the room; or, on the other hand, an attendant may be stationed within the rail to receive the shoes to be repaired from an attendant in the customers waiting room, and either of these attendants will direct the customer to one of the individual booths. A door 14 is provided in the partition from the customers waiting room to the workroom at any suitable or convenient int.

The booths 15 are arranged adjacent each other and extend along the partitlon, or they malylf, if desired, be arranged alon the side wa In a shop of suicient size, t e booths can be arrarjed in two rows, back to back along the center of the room. The booths are of suiiicient height to cover the lower portion of the body when the customer is seated, that is, they are about twenty-eight inches high and are provided at their inner ends with seats 16, and at the forward ends with swinging doors 17 referably mounted on spring hinges and a apted to swing in either direction. A hassock or cushion 18 is provided within the booth for the customer to rest his unshod feet on.

At a convenient location within the customers waiting room, there is provided a cashiers. ca 19 where the customer may ay his' chec for services, the check having geen handed to him by the attendant. The

v .partition may, if desired, have transparent glass panels therein so that the customers may see the orkmen at work while at the same time they are separated from them.

The fact that the customers 'see the men` working upon their shoes, and the eicient and high-grade manner in which the work is done, inspires confidence in the quality of v the work.

With my improvements, polite, eiiicient' and rapid service may be rendered, the'customer may wait for his repairing to be done in comfort and without embarrassment, and the inducement to have ones old shoes repaired is stimulated, and conservation is encouraged. v

I have illustrated and described a preferred and satisfacto embodiment of my invention, but it is obvious that changes may be made therein Awithin .the spirit and scope thereof as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A shoe repair shop comprising an inclosure, a partition in the inclosure defin ing divided compartments therein, one compartment being adapted for use as a workroom and the other compartment being adapted for use as a waiting-room, a plurality of booths arranged in said waitingroom compartment for individually housing customers, said artition having an opening therein and sald booths having relatively low Walls to permit an attendant to ca shoes between the customer and said wor -room and to quickly determine the en- `trance and position of customers in said waiting-room.

2. A shoe repair shop comprising an inclosure, a partition dividing the inclosure into separate compartments, one compartment being adaptedy for use as a workroom and the other compartment being adapted for use as a waiting-room, 'booths arranged in said waiting-room for individually receiving customers therein and having relatively low Walls adapted to close in the lower portion of a personto obscure unshod feet and to expose to view the u per part of a person, whereby an atten ant working between the compartments lmay quickly ascertain the entrance and location of customers in the booths, said inclosure having a window in its wall at one side of the compartment through which prospective customers may vlew the work-room and having a door in its wall at the other side of the partition through which customers may enter the inclosure without access to 'the work-room. v

3. A shoe repair shop comprising an inclosure, a artitionarranged-in the inclosure to provi e separated compartments, one com artment being adapted forl use as a worlroom and the other compartment being adapted for use as va Waiting.l oom, a plurality of booths arranged-in the waitingroom for accommodating customers during the repairing of shoes, said partition having transparent .portions thereinv arranged in line of view between the work-room and the booths whereby customers in the booths may inspect repair o rations carried on in the work-room,said ths having relatively low walls whereby the lower part of the customer is obscured from view and the upper part of the customer exposed and whereby an attendant collecting shoes from the customers may observe location and entrance of customers in the booths and the customers may readily inspect the work-room through said transparent portions of the partition.

4. Ashoe repair shop comprising an inclosure, a partition arranged in the inclosure to provide a pair of `separate, compartments adapted for use as a work-room and a waiting-room respectively, a plurality of bootlisarranged along one side of the partition in the waiting-room and said partition providing inclosure for the rear ends of all of said compartments, said booths having relatively low walls for permitting ready inspection of the booths by an attendant as to the location and entrance of customers.

5. A shoe repair shop comprising an inclosure, a partition arran ed in the inclosure to provide a pair of indg ments, one compartment being adapted for use as a work-room and the other compartment being adapted for use as a waitingroom, a pluralit of booths arranged in said waitinq-rcom a apted to accommodate customers and having relatively low walls permitting ready inspection of the customers Vby an attendant, said inclosure having in its front wall a window of greater width than that of the work-room compartment and arranged opposite thereto and said partition being o set into the waiting-room compartment, said window beingA adapted to permit inspection of said booths by prospective customers exteriorly of the inclosure, and said front wall of the inclosure having an entrance and exit door therein opposite said waiting-room compartment through which prospective customers are permitted to enter said waiting-room subsequently to inspection of the work-room and the booths through said window.

6. In a service establishment an inclosure, a partition in the inclosure delnngsepaependent compart-l rate compartments and having an opening therethrough inter-communicatingthe compartments and rovided with a transparent portion throng which inspection of the i compartments may be made one from the other, and a plurality of booths arranged in one com artment and having relatively low walls for exposing the upper part of persons in the booths, said transparent portion of the partition and said low walls of A10 -the booth permitting an attendant passing between the compartments to quickly deter- A mine the entrance and positions of persons m` the booths;

In testimony that I claim the foregoing 15A as my invention, I have signed myname4 hereunder.

, BENJAMIN W. 

